Cal Poly Humboldt Directors in the spotlight

After two years Cal Poly's filmmakers show their work to live audience
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by Carlos Pedraza

In the Van Druzer theater on Thursday, March 3 for the first time since the start of the pandemic student films were shown to a live audience. Around 40 people came to the showing of Cal Poly student films. Several of the films were made in the fall of 2020 there showing being delayed by the COVID pandemic.

The short films ranged from psychedelic, documentary, serious, and funny; some of the films were a combination. The audience made sounds of laughter, shock and sadness reacting to each film with emotion equal to the film itself.

A film director who was in the audience was Kylie Holub, a senior film major. Holub directed and wrote the film “Abstraction” in the fall of 2020. They film . During the pandemic Houlb said “ just keeping our crew really lean and realing thinking about how to tell stories with minimum actors.”

The narrative film “Abstraction” is the story of a beach treasure hunter finding an alien artifact and the fallout of her discovery. The unknown and aliens being major inspiration for the film.

Holub said “ you see a lot of people with metal detectors, we know very little about the ocean and aliens are fun to play around with.”

Another director was alumnus Valerie Rose Campbell created the experimental film “Recipe for Young Mothers.”. Campbell goes through the recipe of banana bread while she narrates the experience of a young mother and her attempts to reclaim her life from an abusive relationship and societal expectations of a mother.

The COVID pandemic heavily impacted the creation of the film Campbell said “ everything got done digitally and that was really hard.”

The film is inspired by Campbell’s own experience in the local family system. “ How it felt so unjust for my kids and family.” said Campbell describing her own life experiences.

There will be another film showcase in the fall of 2022 showing films created in the spring.

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  1. Cash Rion Cash Rion Sunday, March 13, 2022

    Just a heads-up, the subtitle should be “their work” not “there work”!

    • Web Editor Web Editor Post author | Monday, March 14, 2022

      Thank you for the correction!

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